Will my PC Bottleneck my GPU?

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hanit banga

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I am wondering if I buy a GTX 760, will it be bottlenecked by my PC:-

Motherboard - Intel DH87RL
Processor - Intel i5-4430 @ 3.0 GHz
RAM - Kingston 4 GB RAM @ 1333 MHz
HDD - Seagate Barracuda 2 TB @ 7200 RPM
OS - Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit
 
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500w is the minimum (with one 6-pin and one 8-pin external power connectors). Nevertheless I'd get a better psu, since 500w nowadays is just too low.

Thermal and Power Specs:
97 CMaximum GPU Temperature (in C)
170 WGraphics Card Power (W)
500 WMinimum Recommended System Power (W)
Two 6-pinSupplementary Power Connectors
 
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hanit banga

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Cooler Master Thunder 500W, I have heard lots of criticism for it but the guy who assembled my PC says it is fine for a GTX 760.
 
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That is a very poor quality PSU , I would upgrade to a better quality one.Don't trust your system with that unit.

 
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Those assemblers don't have any technical knowledge
The Thunder series uses JunFu and CapXon capacitors which are known to be not long lasting. So it will work for now but not for long. Just google CrapXon. Also has very less efficiency

Also 4GB RAM might be a bottleneck. Add another same stick in dual channel mode
 
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the only bottleneck is the 4 gb ram...it will slow down your pc at intensive gaming configuration....make it 6 or 8
your 500W coolermaster is a reliable psu...you don't need to spend lots of money to get a 600W silverstone or corsair fancy stuff...
i had a generic 400W for 2 years and i never experienced any bsod,freezing,reboot etc....
most nerds blame their psu instead of themselves for messing the clockspeed of their cpu and gpu...
 
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You can keep believing in the phrase "Ignorance is Bliss" or continue reading

With higher efficiency psu models u can save a little on electricity bills every year. And since these quality psus are long lasting it is a very high long term saving totalling canceling the initial investmest of buying a good quality psu
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/143029-empowered-can-high-efficiency-power-supplies-cut-your-electricity-bill/3

Also with higher efficiency u will get lesser temperatures. And in a country like India which is a high temperature zone that is essential

One member reported that he got higher framerates by upgrading the PSU. Yes u heard that right higher framerates by upgrading psu. FYI it is sensible and not idiotic
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1873664/g210-gtx-650.html#xtor=EPR-8809
 
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hanit banga

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See, the guy who assembles my PC has been doing it for years... there was a delay in my reply as I talked to him about quality of PSU but he says that if anything happens to this PSU he will replace it for free..... and its not like that he is a stranger. He is my father's friend who set up the server of computers at my father's office many years ago... point is, he is trustworthy.

If I encounter any problems with my PSU, then definitely that trust factor will decrease.

My question initially was that whether my PC specs would bottleneck my GPU if I bought it, since I now know that they won;t, I marked the thread as solved.

I might consider upgrading my RAM in future.

Thanks to all of you,

Regards,

Hanit Banga
 
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So, if you trust him so much..then why you ask here..? :D

Well, i really doubt your system will (specially for graphic card) run for more than 6 months..:D

Okay, that's your friend's father problem..
 
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hanit banga

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Father's friend not friend's father, and actually i just wanted to know about the bottleneck over here not about the PSU.
 
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hanit banga

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OK I read through that post.... but I can't spend any more right now for a "little higher framerates" as that member said... Even getting a 760 was difficult enough. So my next upgrade (in 6 months or so) will either be a PSU or a full HD monitor (right now I have a 1366x768 one).

So if after 6 months, if this PSU has given me any problem I'll upgrade this PSU before a monitor.

If, however, the PSU has been working perfectly fine by then I'll get a monitor and then PSU (maybe 2-3 months later).

Thanks chimera201 for all your inputs. I appreciate it.
 
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